Wowow Bought Cheap MacBook

So, I was browsing eBay last week, and I came across a $200 MacBook that had red wine spilled all over it. Being me, I bought it. When it arrived, it didn't turn on (no shock), the battery didn't charge, (no shock), and the magsafe light was green, but very very dim (again, no shock). So I opened the top case, got some rubbing alcohol and Q-tips, and after scrubbing around inside to get off the red sticky stuff, I took out the magsafe board, and cleaned it. To my surprise, when I plugged in the charger, the light was bright green! I put everything back together, put the battery in, and I let it charge. While it was charging, I went to best buy and bought 2GB of ram for the thing. (It came ramless).

So I came home, put in the ram, and turned the puppy on. It started! The old person's stuff was still on it, so I couldn't get into the desktop, but after some googling, I found some commands that let me make my own user without having the person's password. The only downside is, the keyboard and trackpad don't work, so I've ordered a new one. But with an external mouse and keyboard, it works 100% perfectly. SO, here's what I paid for a white 13" MacBook.

Much respect for putting a little sweat and elbow grease into something and keeping it out of a landfill!I know they're recyclable, but not everyone disposes properly and some of it still winds up in the trash....

I thought it was expensive, too. The Best Buy website said it was like $35.00, but when I got there, it said $60.00. But whatever.

I'm typing on the new keyboard! The computer now works 100%! I couldn't be happier, really. I'm too happy with it.

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They did the same thing with me when I bought RAM for my powerbook. You have to tell them that it's a different price on the net... I did and they gave it to me for the online price. They're sneaky that way.

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